Look! Megaphone graduate and now mentor, Danielle Jawando is on this shortlist for the prestigious @BranfordBoase ! Congratulations to Danielle and also the rest of this exciting shortlist. 🥳🥳
Good news. Now our shops are all open we are recruiting again, so if you know of anyone with a criminal conviction, who has an amazing personality and is looking for work, please contact @darrenburns60 so we can sort an interview out.
Leeds Black History Walks are pounding the pavements again! To see available dates and book your tickets now, click the link below:
https://t.co/lA4HSTL5c3
Follow us and @HeritageWalker for upcoming announcements of some special guests 👀
#leedslife#blackhistory#walkingtour
Welcome new followers, quick reset:
I’m not a smart as Javaad, after acting for 2 decades I’m largely critical of the theatre elite, have occasional socialist rants & post a load of random anime/horror/gaming shit. If you can get with all that, then settle on in 💜
📲 @debrisstevenson is the next featured artist at @bdproducinghub's #FrontRoomPoetry night on Wed 31 Mar! plus open mic hosted by @kirstybratfud. get on it.
https://t.co/vUGL4xrsSi
Something to look forward to next week: Bestselling fantasy authors @Ben_Aaronovitch and @NaminaForna will be chatting about their latest books with @LawrencePatrice on Tuesday evening. Details and tickets here: https://t.co/pmQWv4GCrt
Now accepting applications for our Without Borders Scholarship, which is open to any writer born outside of the United States.
The Summer Workshop will be held online from July 11-17th, with the application deadline being March 22nd. #thsw https://t.co/hNpncKImHR
As we focus on institutionalised police misogyny as related to the murder of Sarah Everard, we must also remember the fact that the police officers who took selfies with the murdered bodies of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman have still not been charged.
https://t.co/G3BvEoHjuJ
Quick shoutout to the Asian girls who've been harassed and assaulted on their way home but can't tell their families (fathers and brothers in particular) because of cultural barriers that would make life and (already limited) freedom even harder.
If you’re outraged about something that doesn’t directly affect you, and want to do something about it. Then become an active ally.
How?
Well here you go... https://t.co/LyvNCGxfhj by the fab @Muna_Abdi_Phd
Love this. Divorced at 55, published at 56. So much more to come - A woman's life doesn't end at 40 – so why does society make us feel that way? | Eleanor Mills https://t.co/b6YpqO8Tp8
To every mother and mother figure everywhere - thank you for being our rock. 🖤💛💚 #happymothersday
Words: From 'The Black Mother' by Jamaica's first National Hero, Marcus Mosiah Garvey ONH